First time Linux user, one question

Operating Systems & Open Source Linux
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So I'm giving Linux a try on my spare laptop for the month of so, because I don't typically fire up adobe on it.

So far I'm trying to get some software going. Right now I'm trying to install team speak 3. I downloaded a .run file and followed some instruction to run it via the terminal. I went though the intalation and it spewed out a seemingly useless folder which appears to be the app, I imagine it work some why like OSX and I need to put it in a special place for it to be Happy and treat it like an app.

Anyways so far I have lacked to nessasery vocabulary to find a answer on google. Please help me.

I am using Ubuntu. Also can I make the launcher thing on the left on the bottom and make it more functional?

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Your problem might be that you need to make it executable as a program. Right click-->properties -->Permissions tab-->make sure the box is ticked at the bottom.

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Never installed teamspeak but normally for Ubuntu you download a .Deb file and it should install from the software center.
Did you check software center first for teamspeak?
Watch the level1linux channel to get yourself familiarized with Linux in general which will then help you be able to google better when you run into an issue.

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As far as the unity launcher goes:

Also if the folder that was created has a similar name to this "Teamspeak3-Client-linux_amd64", all you gotta do is go into this file via the terminal and type sh ts3client_runscript.sh

If you do not want to launch it from the terminal each and every time follow step four from this guide ( I know this is a mint guide, but it works the same way in Ubuntu ):

https://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/2138

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Alright great thanks guys, this all looks really helpful.

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Actually Teamspeak does not have the good Linux support they claim...they are using the most lazy way to make an app on Linux ever which is not very typical...Basically what that folder that was spewed is a portable app. The application will run whereever you put the folder. I would just place it to my home...

To execute TS you just have to run the script ts3client_runscript.sh. (./ts3client_runscript.sh on terminal or sh ts3client_runscript.sh on the terminal). In Linux mint you can also do it on GUI just like you would with an exe file but i am not use if this is also the case for Ubuntu...Just try and double click and see what happens...

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